Barbados remains regional leaders in the culinary arena. They proved this by retaining the Caribbean National Team of the Year title at this year’s Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Taste of the Caribbean competition. Barbados went up against six other countries, and impressed the judges after winning the last competition held in 2019. Rachelle Agard met the team on arrival at the Grantley Adams International Airport and filed this story.
Photo: instagram.com/walagolf Barbados golfer Emily Odwin sits in second position after day two of the Women’s Amateur Latin America 2024 Golf Tournament being played in Lima, Peru. Odwin ended the day at three under par, behind Mexico’s Clarisa Temelo who is seven under. Odwin says her second day was better than yesterday’s opening round.
The way is being paved for more individuals and businesses to be able to treat water for non-potable use, a move officials say can help the island with some of it’s water shortage issues. New legislation to govern the process is on the books in the form of the Water Reuse Act, and will cover the capture, collection, treatment and reuse or sale of wastewater for various purposes. Rachelle Agard reports.
